MLA Bibliographic Format
Book with an author:
Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men. New York: Penguin Books, 1978.
Book with two authors:
Clark, Edwin and Henry Bennett. The Strange Star. New York: Prentice Hall,
Inc., 2002.
Article from a book with an editor:
Kettle, Arnold. "Introduction to Tess of the D'Urbervilles." Twentieth
Century Interpretation of Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Ed. Albert J.
LaValley. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1990.
Reference book (Encyclopedia):
Chippini, Luciana. "Tide." Brittanica Encyclopedia. 1999 ed.
Article from a magazine or newspaper:
Wade, Peter D. "Civil War Adventure." Newsweek. 5 April 2002: 74.
Professional website:
Cobb, Jacob. "Zeus." Mythica Page. Brown University. 14 November 2004
http://mythica.edu.
Personal website:
Martin, Issac. Helios: God of the Sun Home Page. 14 November 2004
http://www.mythcom.com.
NCWiseOwl periodical database:
Landsburg, Steven E. "Who Shall Inherit the Earth?" Newsweek. 1 May 2001.
NCWiseOwl. 15 August 2004 http://www.ncwiseowl.org.
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Works Cited
Beowulf. Trans. Burton Raffel. Elements of Literature. Ed. Kristine E. Marshall.
Austin, TX: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2000. Print.
Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men. New York: Penguin Books, 1978.
Book with two authors:
Clark, Edwin and Henry Bennett. The Strange Star. New York: Prentice Hall,
Inc., 2002.
Article from a book with an editor:
Kettle, Arnold. "Introduction to Tess of the D'Urbervilles." Twentieth
Century Interpretation of Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Ed. Albert J.
LaValley. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1990.
Reference book (Encyclopedia):
Chippini, Luciana. "Tide." Brittanica Encyclopedia. 1999 ed.
Article from a magazine or newspaper:
Wade, Peter D. "Civil War Adventure." Newsweek. 5 April 2002: 74.
Professional website:
Cobb, Jacob. "Zeus." Mythica Page. Brown University. 14 November 2004
http://mythica.edu.
Personal website:
Martin, Issac. Helios: God of the Sun Home Page. 14 November 2004
http://www.mythcom.com.
NCWiseOwl periodical database:
Landsburg, Steven E. "Who Shall Inherit the Earth?" Newsweek. 1 May 2001.
NCWiseOwl. 15 August 2004 http://www.ncwiseowl.org.
See Bibliography example under Tools or view Sources
When information is not available such as the author's name, skip it and proceed.
Works Cited
Beowulf. Trans. Burton Raffel. Elements of Literature. Ed. Kristine E. Marshall.
Austin, TX: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2000. Print.